I'm setting up my first development Linux box - a netbook actually. I'm quite fond of MySQL Yog for Windows, but that's not on linux.

I've checked these two threads What is the best free SQL GUI for Linux (MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Etc…) and Developer tools to directly access databases

I'm not interesting in something large and resource hungry (netbook) or that I have to pay for. Nor am I particularly interested in compatibility with SQL.

so, Can you recommend a free light-weight MySQL GUI for Linux?

Unless someone suggests something better I'll probably just go with phpMyAdmin.

Try Adminer. The whole application is in one PHP file, which means that the deployment is as easy as it can get. It's more powerful than phpMyAdmin; it can edit views, procedures, triggers, etc.

Adminer is also a universal tool, it can connect to MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL, Oracle, SimpleDB, Elasticsearch and MongoDB.

You should definitely give it a try.

You can install on Ubuntu with sudo apt-get install adminer or you can also download the latest version from adminer.org